The Landscape | Elliott Fouts Gallery
The second stop on our itinerary was the Elliott Fouts Gallery on the corner of P and 19th in Downtown Sacramento. I have visited this gallery a few times before and was excited to be able to bring (drag?) my husband there. I like the landscape and still-life emphasis of their collection and I also like that I can see the pricing for all the pieces - it helps to know that if I want to start collecting some art, how much we have to start saving! While most of the
work they have is 2 dimensional (paintings, drawings, etc.) they do have a few
ceramic pieces scattered throughout.
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| Me at the gallery |
The current show included a variety of artists all within the landscape subject matter. It was interesting to see each artist's individual technique, paint application and color choices all adjacent to each other. My favorite pieces were the more abstract landscapes with broad brushstrokes and bright color. I was very drawn to Karen Smidth’s work specifically;
I felt her pieces were very dynamic and stimulating (see more of her work here). A
few of my favorites are in the pictures below.
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Karen Smidth Blue
Oil on true gesso board |
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Karen Smidth North Of SF Bay
Oil on linen |
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Laurie Winthers Hazy Day
Acrylic on canvas |
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Sarah Kreutz Beginning
Oil on panel |
After we walked
through the exhibit on show, we poked around to view the other works the
gallery had displayed. There were some very intricate hyper-realistic works and
some fun, pop art influenced paintings mixed in with the more abstract pieces.
It was really fun to browse through! A few of my favorites were Gale Hart’s Life Savor, Chuck Seerey’s Interlace 4, John Karl Claes’s Bay View – Evening and Gregory Kondos’s Sacramento, CA By The Summit.
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Gale Hart Life Savor
Paint on canvas |
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Chuck Seerey Interlace 4
Oil on canvas |
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John Karl Claes Bay View - Evening
Oil on canvas |
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Gregory Kondos Sacramento, CA By The Summit, 1964
Oil on linen |
There was
one that made me giggle quite a bit, Tod Steele’s Roscoe’s Recurring Nightmare (photo below) which shows a dog, with a very scared
look on his face, running from 3 vacuums. There is a lot of movement and
feeling conveyed in a relatively small composition.
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Tod Steele Roscoe's Recurring Nightmare
Acrylic on panel |
I got really excited coming across Michael
Crandall-Bear’s pieces there at the gallery (see more of his work here). While most of the stock they had were limited
edition giclee prints, they had a couple of originals. I feel like I have seen
this work before and maybe never stopped to look further, however, this time
around, it jumped out at me. I love the simplicity of his pieces, the linear
movement of the paint and how crisp and clean his paintings are. I would love
to own one of these someday!
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Micah Crandall-Bear Nimbus
Ltd. edition giclee |
The Elliott Fouts gallery, once
again, was a great stop. I find their layout and location fun and they are quite central
to good food as well as other galleries. It is one I would recommend to anyone
looking to peruse some local art!
(more information on the gallery here)
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